Tradition must give way to the clear statements of the Scripture

 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah (1Ki 17:1; Mt. 11:14; 16:14) to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction .” Mal. 4:5–6   See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you So there's this reference throughout the New Testament about this day .  now this day of revelation of Christ, we're going to see that phrase in Luke's gospel and we're going to see it in Matthew's Gospel too, and it's synonymous with what Jesus told the disciples there in Matt. 16:27–28. It's the Son of Man, coming in the glory of his Father and with his angels to render vengeance unto everyone. now with that in mind,  that day we know is the day of the Lord , because we know from reading Malachi, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the...

In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and teach until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.   After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While staying with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait there for the promise of the Father . “This,” he said, “is what you have heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” Acts 1:1–5 Holy Spirit baptism was poured out once upon the apostles . Jesus promised the apostles that the Spirit of Truth, which the world cannot receive, John 14:17 / Luke 24:46-48, would ‘guide them into all truth’.   It was declared at first through the Lord, and it was confirmed for us by those who heard him , while God added his testimony b...

    “This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, ​whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood’.”  Pope Leo on Palm Sunday, Vatican City   Listen to me, you leaders of Israel! You hate justice and twist all that is right. You are building Jerusalem on a foundation of murder and corruption. You rulers make decisions based on bribes; you priests teach God’s laws only for a price; you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim to depend on the LORD. “No harm can come to us,” you say, “for the LORD is here among us.” Because of you, Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field; Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins! A thicket will grow on the heights where the Temple now stands. Micah 3:9–12 NLT   Jesus told them, “In this world ...